Dinner at Colton's

We had a family night at Colton's a few weeks ago. The kids swam in the blow up pool, searched for bugs, played in the sand table, and stayed outside until it was too dark. It was a great summer night. Ethan always has a great time with his buddy Colton. I wish we lived closer. :-(

Caleb and Carson were really the only ones in the pool. I think the older two were bored with the kiddie pool. Ethan has become a pool snob and only likes "real" pools.

Ethan and Colton catching bugs.

The sand table was a big hit.

Even the big boys played in it.

Aww...best buddies.

Not sure what this face was about.

And of course sweet little Ashlyn was there...always surrounded by wild boys.

Bluebonnet Pics

I forgot to post these way back when I took them. This was the first year I've even attempted bluebonnet pics. It went about as well as I expected. I didn't get "the one" of both of them but I did get some cute ones. I went on two different days because the first day was so sunny their eyes were all squinty. The second day was nice and cloudy.

Random Pics

I compiled a bunch of random pictures from the last few months. Here they are in no particular order:

Ethan wearing Daddy's sunglasses listening to Daddy's iPod. I don't know, he might be a daddy's boy.

This is the only picture I could get from Caleb's first trip to the dentist. Luckily it was uneventful. They encourage the kids to go in alone so I didn't get any pics of him in the chair. They said he did great!

Colton came over for a play date and we went to my mom's to swim.

Caleb eating chippies and Daddy's home made hot sauce.

Playing outside at church.

Gracie being held down...I mean...cuddled for a photo. Poor dog.

The kids made a birthday cake out of playdoh and guys. Pretty cute.

I took this one with my phone when we were eating at Olive Garden.

Ethan and one of his favorite adults, Scotty.

He's probably squirting a bug...in his Darth Vader cape.

They took turns walking Lexie (the tan one). She's a lot slower than Gracie. :-)

It's not a towel, it's a cape! He wore this to pick Ethan up from school one day. Yes, we got some looks.

What other dad gets in the pool with the kids...in his work clothes? Only the cool dads...

Then he threw buckets of water in the air and let it fall on them. Quite entertaining.

Ethan and his cousin Hailey being silly.

Of course you can still swing when it's freezing outside!

This is how they eat lunch most of the time. And yes, the dogs are always at their feet. They know how to get the good stuff.

I don't remember what this angry face was all about.

Being Spiderman. He saw a kid do it on the internet and he practiced literally for months until he could do it.

This was at my mom's. I'm not sure if he did this to himself or if his brother helped.

Aww...they do love each other sometimes.

He helped me clean up the flowerbed in the backyard...in his pj's.

Crazy hair!

Aww...another nice moment of them getting along.

Ethan has been working on Gracie for a long time. She finally likes him. He says she is his dog and Lexie is Caleb's dog.